Sadhu Hiranand

Sadhu Hiranand Advani was the Vivekananda of Sindh. He was a social reformer, educationalist, journalist and a man of service. He was a picture of humility and simplicity.
Born  at Hyderabad, Sindh on 23 March 1863 Hiranand  Advani as son Shri Shaukiram Advani and younger brother of Navalrai Advani.  He grew up to be a brilliant student. He was sent for college education to Calcutta. He came in contact with great personalities like Shri Keshab Chandra Sen and Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa, who identified his motivational strength and suggested to become an educator. 

To propagate right kind of education he established the Nawalrai Academy, an ideal school, where special attention was paid to character building along with the education. Within a few years the school became famous as Sadhu Nawalrai Hiranand Academy. Poor and deserving students were given special care. Sadhu T. L. Vaswani studied in this academy.

During epidemic of plague in Hyderabad he looked after the sick. He awakened Sindhi women and started education for girls. He started Sindh Sudhar paper in Sindhi. He was a man of simplicity and sacrifice. Rishi Dayaram Gidumal called him the “Soul”. He breathed last at young age of just 30 years on 14 July 1893.